I’ve had bad haircuts. One was so bad, I looked like I had ears like a dog! This photo was taken on an especially wild hair day.
I’ll admit our Bichon, Roxy, had become a shaggy dog. I had the perfect plan. After returning from a vacation at Lake Tahoe, I’d pick her up from the kennel and drive her to the groomer. Little did I know she would come home looking like a rat.
My first clue that something might go awry was when a groomer I’d never seen before dropped to her knees and scanned her entire coat as if searching for fleas.
She told me Roxy would be done at 2:00. I drove home and dug into work after being on vacation for a week. The writing vortex sucked me right in. When I looked at the clock and it read 3:00, I figured the pet grooming business was booming. When it was 4:00, I gave them a call.
“She’s all done!” said the cheerful voice on the line. I happily jumped in the car and drove to Longmont, pleased with my plan. She would be clean, exhausted and would sleep for a week!
I paid the sixty dollars and they promptly brought her from the back room. Only it wasn’t Roxy. This dog was hairless!
For some strange reason, the groomer decided her entire coat including her tail was matted, (which wasn’t true) so she scalped her! Those are her freckles you’re seeing.
Roxy reminded me of Dobby from Harry Potter. She shivered at my feet. I grew up with Cockapoos that needed to be sheared twice a year. I swear they became embarrassed after losing their comfortable fur coats. Roxy was no different.
While sitting in the car, I checked her tail The tip had been nipped! Are you kidding me? Talk about insult to injury or in this case, the other way around.
That’s when my daughter texted me. I texted her the top photo. You shouldn’t have to pay for that. Especially since their tails are sensitive! I looked at Roxy’s soulful eyes and stormed back inside.
To say I was pissed would be an understatement. The lady who groomed her had conveniently left for the day. The manager looked Roxy over and offered a full refund.
But what about Roxy?
It has snowed the last two days! She hates wearing a sweater but shivers with the slightest breeze. You can see the veins in her bare naked ears. She needs a hat. And a glove for her skinned tail!
Honestly, the tail. I mean, look at her tail! It’s like a rat tail and it’s pink like her bare ears. It will take a long time before she looks like a normal dog again.
“It’s okay, Roxy. It will grow back.”
So if you have a bad hair day, just remember, you’re not alone. Roxy and I feel you.
Have your pets ever suffered under the hands of someone incompetent? Have you ever suffered under the hands of someone incompetent?
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Poor baby! I once dyed my hair orange and not on purpose. I looked like an egg had been broken on the top of my head.
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Oh, no! You could probably get away with it these days. My daughter had blue hair for months. I loved the color! Orange is tough though.
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My cat hates getting his claws trimmed. But it’s the only way we can live together in the same house. 🙂
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I can imagine! Dogs paws can be sensitive too. Roxy didn’t like it at all when when she was young.
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Poor little Roxy! I honestly can’t imagine that a groomer would think this is okay? We had our large dog groomed this week and even in our already very warm climate we requested that the groomer not take “too much,” because it isn’t yet summer. In your colder climate this just seems a no brainer. But yes, it will grow. But she does look helpless and a little humiliated, poor baby!
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Thanks, Debra!
She hates wearing her dog sweater but it snowed three times this week! It subdues her lively personality. It will grow back, but I don’t think I’ll go back to that groomer unless that particular woman leaves. I can’t take a chance!
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That was outrageous! You should have sued the doggone groomers!
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Right??? I didn’t name them since I’ve gone there for almost two decades. All it took was a newbie! That will teach me to stick with one whose name I remember!
Have a great weekend, Uma!
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That’s just so wrong!
Oh the poor little dear, Roxy looks totally mortified, tell her she is loved, and love her up well. It peeves me off when professionals who provide a paid for service ‘cop tudes’ and purposely blatantly hack up someones’ poodle do.
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Me too, Brock! I hope they took the $60 out of her paycheck!
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Sorry. This made me laugh out loud. Poor little Roxy. I remember once getting a very bad colour that made me look like a baby rat, so I sympathise. Our poor dog had all his whiskers shaved off the last time he went to the salon. I think he must have been troublesome, but still, they are sense organs!
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I’ve had color oopsy-daisies too! I finally had to quit that hairdresser since I’d come out anywhere between bright red and pitch black!
They are sensitive. I can’t believe they did that to your dog! Roxy’s muzzle was clipped short but at least it wasn’t to the skin.
Thanks, Ali!
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My friend attempted to clip her Schnauzer’s fur to save a bit of cash (‘how hard can it be?’) It was a very bad hairdo. The tail was particularly embarrassing. I had reminded my friend about the time she tried to trim her own fringe. Also a disaster….
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Oopsy!! I’ve tried to clip Roxy too! I’ve had better luck with my bangs. Ha!
Thanks, Pete!
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OUCH!!! Roxy looks really sad. Those soulful eyes say it all!!! Hope it doesn’t take too long for it to grow back.
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She still seems sad to me. She was super upset when I picked her up. It was cold outside which didn’t help. A couple of weeks and her ears won’t look so pink but THE TAIL!!!
Thanks, Radhika!
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Poor Roxy. I hope it grows back soon! xo
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Me and Roxy hope so too, Darlene! Thank you!
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Poor Roxy. Unbelievable. I’m glad you got a refund. Of all times for this to happen, when there’s snow outside. No, I’ve never had anything like this happen with one of our dogs. Hope her fur grows back fast!
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Me too, Lynn! Roxy is wearing her sweater but still looks like a ratdog. It might take a while!
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Hopefully that’s someone who will consider a change of careers … glad to hear there wasn’t more damage.
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Me too! I checked her over and can’t believe how close they shaved her. Afte five days, her freckles are covered, but her TAIL!!!
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Poor Roxy! That’s traumatizing.
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It still is! She has to wear a sweater and will look like a ratdog for while. Oh, well. I can relate!
Thanks so much for reading!
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Reblogged this on Random & Relaxed Style and commented:
Poor little doggie!
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Thanks for the reblog, Deborah!
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That’s horrible! Poor little Roxy. There is no way you will ever get her to go through that door again. It will grow back, as you say, but it will take a little longer for her self esteem to bounce back. She looks like she is asking you, “Why?!? Why would you do this to me?”. Poor you, too.
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She is asking me that, Michelle! It still is the worst cut on a dog I’ve ever seen. She doesn’t resemble any breed right now. She looks more like an opossum.
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I feel so bad for her. And you.
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She shivered in the mountains all weekend! It’s going to take a while.
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Oh my, Susie, she does not look happy with you AT ALL. 😦
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She’s still in a funk!! She shivered all weekend. I can’t wait until it grows out!
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I imagine so. Like being naked!
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Exactly!!!
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Poor little thing! She looks devastated.
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It’s been a while and her tail is finally growing fur!
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Oh no, poor Roxy! She’s so cute, and I’m sure she’ll feel back to normal in no time x
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It took months for her to recover! Luckily, I found another groomer. 🙂 Thanks, Penny!
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Awwww, poor thing! I am glad you got your money back, but that won’t make Roxie any warmer.
Hope you can avoid this particular groomer from now on!
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